FM Richard Bethke Full name Richard Bethke Born 2005 (age 21) Place of birth Federation Germany Profiles #1329 World Ranking 2337 Classical 2364 Rapid 2433 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (7 games) Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (5 games) Giuoco Piano Game (5 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (5 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen Variation (3 games) Black Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined (4 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (4 games) Dutch Defense (4 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (3 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (3 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Richard Bethke (2391) Szymon Gumularz (2452) 0-1 41 2025 Pawel Teclaf (2563) Richard Bethke (2391) 1-0 37 2025 Ivan Travis Cu (2286) Richard Bethke (2396) 0-1 42 2025 Aleksandr Shimanov (2593) Richard Bethke (2391) 0-1 36 2025 Zoran Jovanovic (2551) Richard Bethke (2391) 0-1 33 2025 Christian Palozza (2257) Richard Bethke (2396) ½-½ 14 2025 Richard Bethke (2369) Marcel Winkels (1957) 1-0 45 2023 Richard Bethke (2369) Christopher Chabris (2380) 1-0 29 2023 Richard Bethke (2369) Razvan Preotu (2407) 1-0 62 2023 Richard Bethke (2369) Hui Li (1966) 1-0 53 2023 Show All Games